Batalha, Leiria District, Centro Region, Portugal

History | Monuments | Natural heritage | Parishes

🇵🇹 Batalha is a town and a municipality in Leiria District, Pinhal Litoral Subregion, Centro Region, Portugal. The town's name means "battle". The municipality is limited to the North and West by the municipality of Leiria, to the East by Ourém, to the Southeast by Alcanena and to the Southwest by Porto de Mós.

The town was founded by King D. João I of Portugal, jointly with the Monastery of Santa Maria da Vitória na Batalha, to pay homage to the Portuguese victory at the Battle of Aljubarrota (August 14, 1385) that put an end to the 1383–1385 Crisis.

History Although there are countless traces throughout the region that allude to a human occupation since prehistoric times, passing through the Roman period and, successively, throughout history (it is believed that the Roman settlement of Collipo, originally of the Turduli people, established in São Sebastião do Freixo), Vila da Batalha owes its origin to the construction of the Santa Maria da Vitória Monastery. In fact, Batalha was born with the Avis Dynasty and the consolidation of Independence in 1385.

The administrative figure of the parishes is only drawn and defined throughout the second half of the 19th century, with Liberalism, so that on September 14, 1512, when the Prior-Major of Santa Cruz de Coimbra, D. Pedro Vaz Gavião, creates the parish of Batalha, it is evidently the seat that, however, delimits and is the first form of future civil parish.

Monuments • Batalha Monastery • Estátua Equestre de São Nuno de Santa Maria (1966 - 1968) • Igreja Matriz de Exaltação de Santa Cruz (1514 - 1532) • Capela da Santa Casa da Misericórdia (18th century) • Ponte da Boutaca (1862) • Pelourinho (Restored in 2000) • Edifício Mouzinho de Albuquerque - Galeria de Exposições • Capela de Nossa Senhora do Caminho • Boca da Mina das Barrojeiras • Igreja Paroquial Nossa Senhora dos Remédios • Ermida de Nossa Senhora do Fetal • Moinhos de Vento.

Natural heritage • Grutas da Moeda • Estremadura Limestone Massif • Buraco Roto • Pia da Ovelha • Escarpa de falha do Reguengo do Fetal.

Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes (freguesias): • Batalha • Golpilheira • Reguengo do Fetal • São Mamede.

View Of Lighthouse And Sea In Peniche Portugal At Sunset 
View Of Lighthouse And Sea In Peniche Portugal At Sunset
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Batalha has a population of over 15,805 people. Batalha also forms part of the wider Leiria District which has a population of over 470,930 people. It is also a part of the larger Pinhal Litoral Region.

Twin Towns, Sister Cities Batalha has links with:

🇫🇷 Joinville-le-Pont, France 🇪🇸 Trujillo, Spain
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Antipodal to Batalha is: 171.2,-39.65

Locations Near: Batalha -8.8,39.65

🇵🇹 Leiria -8.812,39.744 d: 10.5  

🇵🇹 Alcobaça -8.981,39.549 d: 19.1  

🇵🇹 Caldas da Rainha -9.135,39.407 d: 39.4  

🇵🇹 Santarém -8.683,39.233 d: 47.4  

🇵🇹 Figueira -8.85,40.15 d: 55.8  

🇵🇹 Figueira da Foz -8.851,40.151 d: 55.9  

🇵🇹 Coimbra -8.429,40.212 d: 70  

🇵🇹 Lisbon -9.133,38.717 d: 107.7  

🇵🇹 Aveiro -8.65,40.633 d: 110.1  

🇵🇹 Queluz e Belas -9.255,38.755 d: 107  

Antipodal to: Batalha 171.2,-39.65

🇳🇿 Richmond 173.183,-41.333 d: 19763.8  

🇳🇿 Nelson 173.284,-41.269 d: 19763.1  

🇳🇿 Stratford 174.283,-39.333 d: 19748.2  

🇳🇿 Whanganui 175.05,-39.932 d: 19684.7  

🇳🇿 Canterbury 171.58,-43.543 d: 19581  

🇳🇿 Wellington 174.767,-41.283 d: 19662.9  

🇳🇿 Porirua 174.84,-41.131 d: 19665.6  

🇳🇿 Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 19655.5  

🇳🇿 Lower Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 19655.5  

🇳🇿 Christchurch 172.617,-43.517 d: 19569.3  

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